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Does staying in a village created for Olympic skiers and skiing on slopes ranging from 6,000 ft to 9,000 ft. sound like a fantastic vacation for you? Squaw Valley Ski Resort is the perfect skiing community for beginners to experts. Squaw Valley is the Olympic Village that was built in the late 50s for the 1960 Winter Olympic Games and because this area was not populated in those years, the entire village was designed and built especially for Olympic skiers.

Today, this beautiful ski resort is managed by Andy Wirth, CEO of Squaw Valley and is located off Highway 89 on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. Squaw Valley has a central location of 42 miles from Reno, 100 miles from Sacramento and approximately 200 miles from San Francisco. This amazing location has easy access for both the winter seasons and the summer.

Winter and Summer Activities for Visitors

Since Squaw Village has all the benefits of the original Olympic Village, there is plenty to see and do in the majestic mountains that surround the resort. The average elevation of the peaks is 7,000 feet to 8,000 feet, but the highest reaches almost 9,500 feet. You and your family will find the slope that suits you best, and with a few lessons, you just might move to a higher elevation.

In the summer months, you can hike or bike the trails on the beautiful peaks. There are unique shops in the village or you could spend a day relaxing in Trilogy Spa or visiting the Wanderlust Yoga Studio for morning and evening yoga or pilates. Squaw Valley also offers dog sledding, wall climbing, disc golf and an array of activities on Lake Tahoe in the summer season. There is no reason to leave the community if you don’t want to; CEO Andy Wirth guarantees that you and your family will have a stimulating outdoor, fun-filled vacation in one of the most beautiful resorts in the country.

Under the direction of Mr. Wirth, Squaw Valley has been in a five-year, $70 million Renaissance-renovation era, which is coming to completion. The resort brought new chairlifts, a deluxe dining facility and is proud to introduce the first ski in, ski out Starbucks. Andy Wirth is an innovator, and he is committed to creating highly elevated satisfaction for each and every one of the guests at the Squaw Valley Resort

In today’s business environment, companies are made and unmade by their ability to hold on to their workforce. Training the workforce is important because every company needs efficient employees. However, employee engagement is even more important than trained employees because if a company doesn’t master this concept, all the training and hard work would be a waste. The Dorchester Collection has displayed this better than any other company and division out there, especially in the hotel industry where dissatisfied employees are common.

Only recently, the Dorchester Collection was awarded at the Employee Engagement Awards and won the “Company of the Year” title. This award is used for celebrating and lauding the best businesses in Ireland and UK. Companies that are nominated in this award ceremony have extremely high standards of internal communication, engaged and fulfilling work environment, and innovative ideas to keep their employees on their toes. The judging panel is extremely experienced in EEA and the reason that the Dorchester Collection bagged the award is because it was simply the best amongst all the nominees.

In order for a company to promote employee engagement, the first step is to understand that performance and engagement need to be linked to each other. A company where the employees are happy and satisfied but not performing up to their true potential would not succeed in the industry.

Next tip is to only hire managers who are leaders to their core. No matter how engaged employees are, if the managers are bad bosses, employee dissatisfaction would eventually creep in. The mark of a true manager is a healthy blend of feedback, critical analysis, and motivation. A manager should trust the employees and offer valuable insight when possible. Employees would look up to such a manager and not feel like they are being monitored 24×7. The Dorchester Collection is known in the industry for having world class managers.

It would also be good for the overall success of the company if the employees are made an inherent part of the organization and this starts from the top. The top management needs to lead by example in this employee engagement exercise to create an impact all over the organization. Employee engagement surveys and other tools can be used for gauging the perception of employees and finding out how satisfied they are with the company.

The Dorchester Collection is an excellent example of how to undertake the task of employee engagement and reap great benefits from it.

While the Antique Wine Company provides a “gold standard” for wines sales, education and events, its owner Stephen Williams go far beyond the expected into new and creative activities. For example, they are selling an amazing array of rare and elegant Dalmore Scotches. Some people tend to think of different types of aficionados as devotees of only one beverage like great Cabs, but this is not the case. Many wine drinkers love a good glass of scotch now and again. This Dalmore array provides endless opportunities for enjoying scotches before a meal, after dinner or just for the pleasure of savoring it.

One of the other unique features of the Antique Wine Company is its investment in education and training. Many wine dealers have the occasional evening tasting as a marketing event. The AWC goes beyond the continual, sniff, swirl spit routine. For a creative event, they have a casino night with participants betting on wines. The results of the betting seem to be realistic evaluations of the quality and marketability of the wines served during the evening. If you love wine and really want to become a professional, the Antique Wine Company wine school has a superb Sommelier program to train you to be a world class wine expert.

Another service that they provide is helping you build and manage your own cellar. If you are a busy entrepreneur, professional or royalty, the Antique Wine Company has staff who can work with you to achieve a superior wine cellar and inventory. Their staff are trained in building inventory and estimating the value of your cellar. You don’t have to leave your office. You can use your computer to check your inventory online to find out how many bottles of Petrus and Chateau Laffite you drank celebrating your anniversary or the birth of a child.

What if you want a really unusual and unique wine? Perhaps you have a friend who deals with wine as a competition and tries to one-up you by having a vertical tasting of Chateau Laffite from the twenties to fifties. The Antique Wine Company gives you subtle, understated elegant ways to show real wine quality. They can supply a vertical tasting of Château Garuaud-Larose 1825, 1835, 1845, and 1855 which are all pre-phyllorexia vines. Let your friend try to surpass that magnificent tasting. The Antique Wine Company can work with you to develop any unsurpassable tasting that you want or match any wine for any event like Wagu beef for a steak dinner.